Bad Vibes Only by Nora McInerny

Author:Nora McInerny
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Published: 2022-10-11T00:00:00+00:00

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We went to brunch, and it was lovely and I ate quickly so I could get back to the hotel, take off my pants, and lie back down. But I could tell that in this case, our marriage was more important than my habits, and so we walked around the city for hours, dipping into bookstores and record shops and gift shops so we could placate our children with gifts upon our return. Then we got down to business and watched old episodes of Real Housewives of New York. By the time we left—exactly 24.5 hours after we arrived—I loved Tucson. I could see myself living there! I can see myself living nearly anywhere I’ve been: the coast of Ireland, the farmland in eastern Colorado, the suburbs of Detroit. This happens everywhere I’ve been. In every place I’ve visited, I could easily see myself sitting inside on a sofa in another city, scrolling the internet and writing and looking up the criminal records of people from my past whose names I’ve just remembered. Once I’m back home, I love where I was. But it’s just that the getting there takes so long, and by the time I’ve gotten on and off a plane or in and out of a car, I feel like I’ve done enough. If I have to leave my house, the best kind of travel means limiting any and all motion to the travel itself. After five days in a cabin up north, Matthew asked me if I was interested in any day trips with the kids. He’d scouted out possible hikes and historic landmarks. I’d already scouted out the couch situation and opened a stack of books. I would not be leaving the cabin—our trip—for a side adventure whose outcome was entirely unknown! When we took our oldest kids and Matthew’s parents to Ireland, I was more than content to spend my days sitting on a couch in our rental cottage reading. I was being in Ireland, but Matthew and the rest of the family needed to pile into the rental van and see Ireland.

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